Rethinking Happiness: The Economics of Well-being in the Digital Age | ||
| المجلة العلمية للبحوث والدراسات التجارية | ||
| Volume 39, Issue 3, September 2025, Pages 1499-1537 PDF (684.49 K) | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/sjrbs.2025.386319.1979 | ||
| Author | ||
| Hanaa Abdelaty Hasan Esmail* | ||
| ;;كلية التجارة- جامعة بورسعيد | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study explores the determinants of Gross National Happiness (GNH) in Egypt from 2000 to 2024, focusing on the roles of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), GDP per capita, digital transformation, and governance quality, particularly corruption perception. Utilizing secondary data from reputable international sources, the analysis employs an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model and Vector Autoregression (VAR) techniques to examine both short-run and long-run relationships among these variables. The findings reveal significant effects of digital technology adoption and perceived corruption on enhancing national well-being, while progress in certain SDGs shows a complex, sometimes negative association with happiness in the short term. The study confirms a stable long-term equilibrium linking economic, technological, institutional, and developmental factors to GNH. These results underscore the importance of a multidimensional approach to national happiness, highlighting the interplay between economic growth, sustainable development, technological access, and governance in shaping societal well-being in Egypt. Key words: Happiness, Digital economy, GDP, GNH, SPI, ICT, HDI, CPI | ||
| Keywords | ||
| GNH; Digital economy; GDP; SPI; ICT; HDI; CPI | ||
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